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On 11 December I had an ultrasound following referral from GP due to pain on right side of stomach and back. After my scan I was told by the lady that I had a gallstone but there was also some worrisome tissue and that I needed to contact my gp urgently...
Hello, I am new here. I am a 52 year old female who has recently been diagnosed with gall bladder cancer. I quit smoking 2 years ago, I don't drink, I walk my dog everyday, I'm not obese but I am slightly overweight. So considering everything I really...
Hi I had a pain in my stomach but seemed like trapped wind as I was very stressed at the time. Fast forward to an ultrasound which showed a 1.3 lesion poorly differentiated with what looks like an inherent blood supply. All bloods good and not showing...
I had a gallstone removed from the bile duct, they then removed my gallbladder. It was cancerous, adenocarcinoma stage T2b. 4 weeks later I had the liver resection and removal of 4 lymph nodes. Liver is clear, but 2 lymph nodes have tumors. So, now chemo...
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Hi, I'm 24 years old and my mum (62) was diagnosed with gallbladder cancer last year, she had an operation where they removed all her gall bladder and got rid of all the cancer. She had preventative chemo and 3 days into the treatment had a heart attack...
I had my gallbladder removed July 1st this year, as it was badly infected and swollen. When I went back on the 17 August for my check up I was told that it was cancerous and would need an operation even if my scans and blood tests came back clear. As...
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For 12 years my mum kept having flare ups, going to the doctors, she had been diagnosed with stomach ulcers, 6 years ago while I was in hospital, I had to have my gall bladder out, a gall stone sitting on my duct decided to rupture my gall bladder, make...
Hi, I’ve recently had a scan and it has shown a thickening of the gall bladder wall. The scan results were given to me by my GP which he said was adenomyomatosis a benign lesion. Now of course I’ve gone straight to Google to find out more about it while...
